Improvement in bustles



" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFCE.

AARON M. WEBER, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUSTLES.

Specfication forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,480, dated September 29, 1874; application fi1ed July 11, 1873.

T0 all whom t may Concern:

Be it known that I, AARON M. WEBER, of Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State of VVisoonsin have invented certain new and usefnl Improvements in Bustles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specifi cation.

The accompanying drawing is an exact representfcion of my improved bustle.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a bnstle in such a manner as not only to afford comfort and ease to the wearer, but at the same time avoid the injurious resnlts that necessarily follow where any great weight or strain comes npon the waist and hips.

The bustle is constrncted with a series of steel hoops a b c 01 cf g, and springs h h h, secured to the belt and running down to hoop g, having shoulderstrap attached in such a manner as to carry the weight of the dress upon the shouIders instead of npon the waist, the shoulder-straps A A being attached to the first or npper hoop, a, passing through the belt B, runnmg over the shonldcrs, and secured in front by buckle C 0, which is attached to belt B, and can be regulated, according to the weight of the dress, by means of buckles O 0.

It will be seen that by the shouldcr-straps A A passing through the be1t B and secured in the back by stay D renders the wearer at perfect case by removing the entire wcight of the dress from the waist and hips; but where a bnstle is constructed Without shoulder-straps it is of no support to the dress, as the entire weight rests npon the waist and hips, and

must necessarily be injurions, especially wich the present style of heavily-trimmed dresses; but my bustle, being so constructed that it does not weighdown by the dress, nor injure the wearer by pressing upon the waist and hipson the contrary, being constructed with shoulder-straps drawn rhrongh the belt passing over the shonlders, fastcning With buckles secured to the belt in front and stayed in the backremoves the entire weight from the waist and hips, and rendcrs the wearer perfect ease and comfort.

Having thus described my invention, what I daim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 

